Citation

Greenfield EA, Marks NF. Soc. Serv. Rev. 2010; 84(1): 129-147.

Affiliation

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/652786

PMID

20454550

PMCID

PMC2865201

Abstract

This study uses a risk and resilience framework for conceptualizing the long-term effects of childhood family violence on mental health. It examines sense of community as a protective factor against adult psychological distress associated with experiences of physical or psychological violence in childhood from parents. Regression models are estimated using data from the 1995 National Survey of Midlife Development in the U.S. and from the 1996-97 National Study of Daily Experiences. Reported experiences of frequent psychological violence, regardless of the frequency of physical violence, is found to be positively associated with adult psychological distress. Adults' sense of community is found to moderate the association between reports of both frequent psychological and frequent physical violence in childhood from parents and adult psychological distress.

Language: en